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RAPE CASE: Kaduna Government To Generate Data From 2015 To Date - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Iliya Auta
July 3, 2020
The Kaduna State Government would  generate data of rape cases in the state from 2015 to date, to inform legal response to address the menace.
The state Commissioner for Human Services and Social Development, Hafsat Baba, announced this during a virtual meeting in Kaduna, with the theme: Data for Policy and Decision-making in the Context of COVID-19. The meeting was organised by the Christian Aid, an NGO, as part of the Evidence and Collaboration for Inclusive Development, ECID programme, aimed at facilitating evidence-based policy and decision-making for inclusive development.
She explained that Governor Nasir El-Rufai had ordered that the data be generated to enable the state to make informed decisions on how to curb the menace of rape.
A Member, Risk Communication Pillar, Kaduna State COVID-19 Emergency Operation Centre, Zainab Muhammad-Idris stressed the need for data for effective programming, during emergency situations.
Also Director, Primary Healthcare, Ministry of Health Ado Zakari, noted that data is critical to addressing the peculiar health needs of vulnerable groups, during emergencies like the COVID-19 pandemic.


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Rape Cases: First Lady Applauds Judiciary's Determination - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (J.T)
July 12, 2019
First Lady, Aisha Buhari, has expressed satisfaction with the determination of the Judiciary in handling with rape cases by ensuring that the victims get justice.
Read Related News: Gambia: Exiled President Jammeh, Accused Of Rape By Beauty Pageant
MrsBuhari also applauded the steadfastness and diligence of the prosecution toensure that the perpetrators of rape do not go unpunished.
Accordingto her, punishing perpetrators of the act will serve as a deterrent to others.
Buhariwas reacting to a video she shared on Friday through her tweeter handle@aishambuhari showing a clergy who was convicted for raping a 14-year-old girl
Sheexpressed her view through a hashtag #TheJudiciaryIsWorking,#JusticeForRapeVictims.
Accordingto the Police Prosecution Counsel, Mr Simon Lough, in the video footage,  said the convict was a pastor to whom thegirl being his church member looked up to as a father.
Loughsaid, the court sentenced him to 12 years imprisonment.

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Rape cases: El-Rufai Advocates Drastic Measures To Tackle Menace - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Iliya Auta
June 29, 2020
Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has advocated for a severe action against rapists, including vigorous law enforcement to prosecute perpetrators. He made the scenecall during a virtual meeting organised by the Movement Against Rape and Sexual Violence, MARS-V.
El-Rufai added that the state had provided a law that provided life imprisonment for anyone convicted of the rape of a minor and 21 years for rape of an adult, noting that it is important for parents to teach their male children, the importance of respecting women from childhood.
The Governor also noted that the fear of stigmatisation, breakdown of the judicial system and lack of detailed investigation were some of the factors hindering the prosecution of cases of rape and gender based violence.
He called for the training of victims and law enforcement officers on the preservation of evidence for successful prosecution of rape cases.
According to him, there was also a seeming conspiracy of silence by traditional and religious leaders, “where society as a whole insists on covering up cases of rape.”
In her remarks, Minister of  Women Affairs, Pauline Tallen, explained that the rape epidemic has existed for a  long time in Nigeria, adding that  women and girls have always been disproportionally affected by Gender-Based-Violence, GBV.

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Rape: Lawmaker Says Culprits Having Field Day Despite Castration, Death Penalties In Kaduna - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (F.BA)
September 23, 2021
The lawmaker, while speaking in Kaduna during a dialogue session with stakeholders on the challenges confronting education of girls in the state, said those responsible for implementing the law that recommended castration and death for culprits had not been discharging their duties.
She noted that because no example was set to serve as a deterrent, offenders felt it should be business as usual.
Comfort, who spoke in an emotion-laden voice, lamented that the efforts put in place to ensure the passage of the law, would remain in vain so long as those responsible for the implementation remained adamant.
She also applauded Governor Nasiru El-Rufai, who stood firmly in support of the law, adding that the state lawmakers and the governor had played their role.
Also speaking on the matter, another lawmaker of the State Assembly, and Chairman, House Committee on Education Suleiman Dabo, lamented that there were perfect laws to deal with societal menace, but implementation had always been lacking. He stressed that there was need for all stakeholders to view this development seriously and address same.

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Rape: Liberia Declares National Emergency On Alarming Rate Of Sexual Assault - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 6
September 13, 2020
Liberian President George Weah has declared rape a national emergency and has ordered new measures to tackle the problem after a recent spike of cases in the poor West African state.
The moves comes after thousands of Liberians protested rising incidents of rape in the capital Monrovia last month, in a bid to draw attention to the country’s alarming rate of sexual assault.
Late on Friday, Weah said he would install a special prosecutor for rape in Liberia, as well as set up a national sex offender registry, a statement from his office said.
The government will also establish a so-called “national security task force” on sexual- and gender-based violence.
The high rates of rape Liberia, forced to contend both with war and the Ebola virus in recent years, has been a longstanding concern.

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Rape: Minister Advocates Death Penalty For Offenders - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 6
September 12, 2020
The Minister of Women Affairs, Pauline Tallen, has advocated death penalty for rape and related offences.
Tallen said this during the flag-off of the National Cooking Gas and Tree Planting project held in Girei town, headquarter of Girei Local Government Area of Adamawa State.
The minister also advocated stiff penalties for child labour offences and other dehumanising treatment against children.
The call came days after the Kaduna House of Assembly approved a law to castrate rapists.
The minister said the project was inspired by President Muhammadu Buhari in providing dividends of democracy to Nigerian indigent rural women and girls.
Tallen said that according to the World Health Organisation (WHO), emission from cooking stoves killed about 4.3 million people annually through air pollution.

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Rape: Senate Demands Highest Penalty For Rapists, Decries Suicide Rate - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
July 9, 2019
TheSenate has demanded the highest penalty for rapists in the country, with aspecific focus on cases involving minors.
Thiswas part of the resolutions reached during Tuesday’s plenary in the UpperChamber of the National Assembly in Abuja.
SenatorRose Okoh who represents Cross River North district had raised a motion as amatter of urgent public importance on the alarming rate of rape of minors.
Intheir various contributions, some senators decried how issues of rape werebeing handled by the police.
They,however, demanded that reports of such cases should also be sent to the Senatefor prompt action.
Thelawmakers also agreed that relevant laws be amended to reflect the heaviestpunishments for rapists, with the hope that it could serve as a deterrent.
TheSenate also raised concern over the rate of suicide in the country.
It, therefore, asked the Federal Government to ban the production, importation or circulation of a popular brand of insecticide.

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Rape: Sokoto Hisbah Records 606 Cases In 2019 - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (F.BA)
February 24, 2020
TheSokoto State Hisbah Commission says the commission has recorded 606 rape casesacross the state in 2019.
Thestate’s Hisbah Commandant Adamu Kasarawa while briefing newsmen decried therampant cases of sexual assaults in the state.
Hesaid the 2019 figure was up from 296 cases in year 2018, regretting that inJanuary 2020 alone about 31 cases of sexual abuses were recorded adding thatthe cases comprised illegal camping of young girls, sexual exploitation andsodomy.
Kasarawa explained that the offenders cut across all calibre of people in thesociety, including politicians, traditional rulers, clerics, businessmen andwomen.
TheCommandant also attributed the menace to the negative attitude of some parents,adding that the issue of poverty and greed had made sexual exploitation morerampant in the state.
Heidentified interference with legal processes as one of the major challenges inprosecuting rape cases, stressing the need to tackle favouritism andcompromise.

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Rarrashi: Jam’iyyar PDP Ta Bukaci Magoya Bayan Ta Su Kwantar Da Hankulan Su - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
February 27, 2019
Jam’iyyarPDP, ta bukaci ‘yan Nijeriya su cigaba da kwantar da hankalin su, yayin dahukumar zabe ta bayyana shugaba Muhammadu Buari na jam’iyyar APC a matsayinwanda ya lashe zaben da aka gudanar.
Andai bayyana shugaba Buhari a matsayin wanda ya yi nasara da kuri’u miliyan 15da dubu 191 da 847, yayin da Atiku Abubakar na jam’iyyar PDP ya samu kuri’u miliyan11 da dubu 255 da 978.
Tsohonministan sufuri Osita Chidoka, ya bukaci ‘yan Nijeriya su kwantar da hankalin su,ya na mai cewa jam’iyyar PDP ta yarda da kundin tsarin mulkin Nijeriya kuma ta nanan a kan tafarkin dimokradiya.
Tunfarko dai Osita ya bukaci kada shugaban hukumar zabe Farfesa Mahmood Yakubu ya bayyanashugaba Buhari a matsayin wanda ya yi nasara.

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Rashawa: Jonathan Ya Yi Wa Magu Martini A Kan Kudaden Da Aka Ce An Sace A Mulkin Sa - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 2
March 27, 2019
Tsohon shugaban kasa Goodluck Jonathan ya maida wa shugabanhukumar yaki da cin hanci da rashawa EFCC Ibrahim Magu martani a kan irin kudadenda aka sata a lokacin mulkin Jonathan.
Jonathan ya yi wannan martani ne ta bakin tsohon hadiminsa Reno Omokri, inda ya ja hankalin gwamnatin shugaba Buhari da ta ji darahoton da kasar Amurka ta fitar a kan  irin barnar da ake yi a Nijeriya.
Idan dai ba a manta ba, a kwanakin baya ne Amurka tagano cewa, akwai alamar tambaya a game da yaki da satar da gwamnatin tayya keyi, saboda haka a cewar Omokri, Ibrahim Magu ya daina batawa kan sa lokaciwajen yi wa Jonathan sharri.
Sai dai Ibrahim Magu ya bayyana cewa, an sace samada Tiriliyan 1 a lokacin da Goodluck Jonathan ke mulki.
Omokri yace a shekara ta 2016 ne Lai Muhammad ya cean yi awon gaba da Tiriliyan 1 da biliyan 3 daga 2006 zuwa 2013, haka kumaFarfesa Itse y ace gwamnatocin Obasanjo da ‘Yar adua da Jonathan sun saci NairaTiriliyan 1 da biliyan 4 a shekaru 7.
A karshe Omokri ya bayyana irin badakalar da aka tafka a kamfanin NNPC kwanakin baya.

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Rauf Olaniyan :Oyo Assembly Removes Deputy Gov - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (A.M)
July 18, 2022
Olaniyan was removed by members of the House of Assembly on
Monday.
it was gathered that the deputy governor was removed around 11:00 am
by the lawmakers.
The report of the panel set up to investigate him was read by the
Majority Leader of the House, Sanjo Adedoyin, from Ogbomoso.
The deputy governor was found culpable and indicted of all allegations
and complaints levelled against him.

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Razed Fulani Settlements: Police Arrest Suspects In Ogun - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 01
February 5, 2021
By Hanan Ibrahim
The Command notes with sadness that the settlements affected have been in existence in the area for many years, in some cases over 20 years, and inhabited mainly by Nigerian herdsmens of Fulani extraction, some of whom were born and brought up in the area, and speak Yoruba language with proverbs fluently and elegantly who are generally qualified to be called fellow Yorubas.
“Therefore, it is unlawful, indeed unconstitutional, to deny fellow Nigerians the right to live in any part of the country and pursue their legitimate businesses, including cattle rearing.
However, it is also advisable that herdsmen should avoid destructions of farmlands, which have been identified as the reason behind their unending disharmony and clashes with farmers and host communities” according to the statement released by the spoke person of Ogun State Police Command, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi.
He added that the Command also calls on both farmers and herdsmen, indeed the entire Yoruba and Fulani communities in Yewa and across the State, to fish out criminals especially herdsmen visiting from other states and neighboring countries who are perpetually creating tension amongst them, thus undermining their long and cherished history of peaceful coexistence.
“It is however, gratifying to note that at a stakeholders meeting yesterday, Thursday 4th February, 2021, held at the palace of Alaye of Ayetoro, attended by representatives of the Fulani and Yoruba communities, and heads of all the security agencies including the army and the DSS, wanton destruction of farmlands by cattle, kidnapping and raping of women as well as reprisal attacks on Fulani settlements were unanimously condemned as criminal and unacceptable, irrespective of the status, tribe or nationality of the perpetrators” he added.
Meanwhile, the Command has arrested some suspects in connection with the recent incidents, and will make example of them to serve as deterrent to others. Kingpins, procurers and counsellors of these hoodlums will also be fished out to face the law.
The Command therefore enjoins all the good people of Ogun State to join hands with security agencies in promoting peaceful coexistence amongst all Nigerians living in the State.
In the same vein, all the security agencies, have resolved to deal decisively with miscreants and brigands alike, who are bent on fomenting trouble in the State.
The police spokesperson added that Ogun State is known for peace, and peace must continue to reign in the State. He therefore advised parents to call their wards to order, as anyone caught fomenting trouble in any part of the State will be dealt with decisively.

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Re-Election: African Leaders Congratulate Buhari - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 2
February 28, 2019
President MuhammaduBuhari has continued to receive congratulatory messages over his re-electionfrom more African leaders across the continent.
The President’sspokesman Garba Shehu in a statement said King Mohammed of Morocco, in amessage, described President Buhari’s victory as an affirmation of the level ofconfidence Nigerians had in their President.
He expressedsatisfaction with the existing cordial and fraternal African relationshiplinking the two leaders, their people, and nations.
Also, President AlphaConde of Guinea who extended his congratulations described the re-election ofPresident Buhari as a dose of hope for the West African region.
Earlier, President Mahamadou Issoufou of Niger republic, who wasthe first leader to call President Buhari said he looked forward to workingwith the Nigerian leader to further strengthen Nigeria-Niger republicrelations.

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Re-Election: Buhari In Bayelsa, Restates Commitment To Infrastructural Development - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
February 12, 2019
President Muhammadu Buhari has restated his commitment towards infrastructural development in the Niger-Delta.
Buhari, who stated this during his campaign rally in Yenagoa, also said the fight against corruption is sacrosanct to ensure economic development in the country.
According to him, we have recorded great successes in the fight against corruption, insecurity and have attained economic stabilisation within the three and a half years of my administration.
On the 16 billion dollars spent by the previous administration on the power sector, the president said he would ensure that a probe is carried out and the money recovered.
Earlier, former governor of Bayelsa and leader of APC in the state, Timipre Sylva, urged the people of the state to vote for Buhari and all APC candidates during February 16 presidential and national assembly election.

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Re-Election: EU Congratulates Buhari, Seeks Increased Cooperation On Bilateral, INT’l Matters - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 2
March 23, 2019
TheEuropean Union, EU has congratulated President Muhammadu Buhari on hisre-election for another four-year term and expressed willingness to work withhis government.
ThePresident’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity Femi Adesina, in a statementin Abuja on Saturday, said the EU made its feelings known in a letter addressedto President Buhari.
Hesaid that the letter, dated March 22 was jointly signed by DonaldTusk for the European Council and Jean-Claude Juncker for the EuropeanCommission.
TheEuropean Union also reiterated Nigeria’s important position in world affairsand the Union especially.
TheUnion wished President Buhari more success in promoting peace and prosperityfor all Nigerians as he enters the new mandate.


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Re-Election: IBB Congratulates Buhari, Urges Him To Heal Wounds And Restructure - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
March 1, 2019
Former military president of Nigeria, IbrahimBadamasi Babangida, has sent a message of congratulations to PresidentMuhammadu Buhari on his reelection for a fresh term of four years.
In a message on some of the issues that triggeredsome disagreement between the two leaders last year, Babangida asked Buhari notonly to heal wounds from the election, but also to restructure the country andintroduce ‘creative measures’ to tackle the economy.
The former military leader called restructuring agitators,reasonable Nigerians.
Babangida also asked Buhari to heal the wounds arisingfrom the electioneering campaign and the outcome.
He also reserved special praises for Atiku Abubakar,Buhari’s main challenger, describing him as being gallant, audacious and hiselectoral support cutting across ethnic, religious and regional lines.
He added that now that the President has won hisre-election bid, he should confront with renewed tactics the most urgentproblem confronting Nigeria.
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Re-Election: IBB Congratulates Buhari, Urges Him To Heal Wounds And Restructure - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 2
March 1, 2019
Former military president of Nigeria, IbrahimBadamasi Babangida, has sent a message of congratulations to PresidentMuhammadu Buhari on his reelection for a fresh term of four years.
In a message on some of the issues that triggeredsome disagreement between the two leaders last year, Babangida asked Buhari notonly to heal wounds from the election, but also to restructure the country andintroduce ‘creative measures’ to tackle the economy.
The former military leader called restructuring agitators,reasonable Nigerians.
Babangida also asked Buhari to heal the woundsarising from the electioneering campaign and the outcome.
He also reserved special praises for Atiku Abubakar,Buhari’s main challenger, describing him as being gallant, audacious and hiselectoral support cutting across ethnic, religious and regional lines.
He added that now that the President has won hisre-election bid, he should confront with renewed tactics the most urgentproblem confronting Nigeria.


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Re-Run Elections: Exercise Hitch-Free In Bauchi - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 2
March 23, 2019
Reportsacross the 15 Local Government Areas of Bauchi where supplementary elections wereconducted indicated that it was hitch-free exercise, with impressive turnout ofvoters.
Checksacross some of the polling units in Bogoro, Alkaleri, Darazo, Toro, Dass andNingi indicated that turnout of females was more than that of males.
AtMallargiji polling unit in Bogoro, a Presiding Officer, Dapirep Panmunjom saidthat proceedings were smooth and that the conduct of voters was impressive.
Anelection observer, Umar Babaji commended voters and party agents for theirorderly conduct. He said that in spite of the massive turn out, the exercisewas being conducted peacefully without hitches.
There-run took place in 36 polling units spread across 15 Local Government Areasin the state, which included Alkaleri, Bogoro, Darazo, Dass, Gamawa, Ganjuwa,Itas-Gadau, Jama’are, Katagum, Kirfi, Misau, Ningi, Shira, Toro and Giade.


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RE-Run Elections: Police Boss Orders Security Beef-Up In Affected States - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (J.T)
January 25, 2020
The Inspector-General of Police Mohammed Adamu has orderedsecurity beef up in the affected states of re-run elections in 28 federal andstate constituencies.
The Force Spokesman, Frank Mba, who announced this in astatement in Abuja, said the Police Boss had ordered Police Commissioners inthe affected states to ensure comprehensive security arrangement for theIndependent National Electoral Commission, INEC offices and facilities.
Mba said the order was to ensure hitch-free elections and alevel-playing ground for all the candidates and parties in the elections. Henoted that the affected states are Abia, Akwa Ibom, Bauchi, Benue, Cross River,Imo, Kaduna, Kano, Niger, Ogun and Sokoto.
He said the Adamu had ordered police personnel deployed forthe elections to strictly abide by rules guiding the conduct of officers onelection duty.
Mba pledged that the officers would be professional andapolitical in the discharge of their duties and enjoined politicians,candidates and the electorate to ensure strict conformity to the rules of lawduring the elections.

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Re-Run Elections: Presidency Assures That Buhari Won’t Interfere With Election Results. - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Abubakar Abubakar
March 18, 2019
The Presidency hasdescribed as unfair and ridiculous criticisms of President Buhari’s apparentdisinterest in the upcoming re-run elections in some quarters.
The Senior SpecialAssistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu was reacting tocomplaints by some members of the All Progressives Congress, APC who wrongfullyassumed that the President will abuse power by changing results to favour them.
Shehu, cautionedagainst a lot of the hate spewing, incitement to violence and the polarizingstatements by so-called political leaders as a number of states brace up forsupplementary elections prescribed by the National Electoral Commission, INEC.
He maintained that itwas unfair and ridiculous to criticise President Buhari for not going againstthe constitution.
The Presidential aideassured that under President Buhari, INEC had been and would remain completelyindependent throughout the elections, free from any interference.

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Reaches Staff Level Agreement With Ghana On $3 Billion Extended Credit Facility - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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December 13, 2022
An International Monetary Fund team led by Mission Chief for Ghana, Stéphane Roudet, visited Accra to discuss with the Ghanaian authorities IMF support for their policy and reform plans.
The fund said the authorities’ strong reform program aims at restoring macroeconomic stability and debt sustainability while protecting the vulnerable, preserving financial stability, and laying the foundation for strong and inclusive recovery.
The staff-level agreement is subject to IMF Management and Executive Board approval and receipt of the necessary financing assurances by Ghana’s partners and creditors.

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Reappointment: Ngige Promises To Resolve Minimum Wage Deadlock - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 22, 2019
Labourand Employment Minister, Chris Ngige has promised to speed up the processes forthe implementation of the new minimum wage.
Ngige,while addressing newsmen after his inauguration as minister by PresidentBuhari, said that he had always been a man of his words.
TheMinister vowed to resolve all impending disputes in the sector, saying that histrack record had reflected in his efforts in the last three and a half years.
Itwould be recalled that there was a face-off between the Minister and NigeriaLabour Congress, NLC over the constitution of the board of the Nigeria SocialInsurance Trust Fund, NSITF, shortly before Ngige exited the ministry in May.
Thetwo parties had engaged each other in war of words over Ngige’s refusal toallow a former labour leader, Frank Kokori head the board of the Fund
Ngigewas at the forefront of negotiations for the thirty thousand naira minimum wagewhich had since been signed into law by the President.


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Reappointment: SGF Pledges Re-Dedication To Duty - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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July 9, 2019
TheSecretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha has described hisre-appointment as a call for re-dedication and re-commitment to the course ofNigerian nationhood.
Mustaphastated this in Abuja while briefing his staff and journalists on his officialresumption to office after his reappointment by President Muhammadu Buhari.
Mustaphawas re-appointed alongside the Chief of Staff to the President, Abba Kyari onJuly 5th, to continue in the discharge of their duties to the country.
Mustaphaappreciated Almighty God and the President for the confidence reposed on him tocontinue serving the nation in that capacity.
Accordingto him, his re-appointment is not about to take this confidence lightly, addingthat it is an honour, task placed on him to move forward and reflecting onissues affecting Nigeria in order to achieve good governance.
Meanwhile,Governor Muhammad Yahaya of Gombe State who visited the SGF, also congratulatedMustapha on his re-appointment.


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Recapitalisation: CBN Gov. Emefiele Promises To Reposition Nigerian Banks - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
June 24, 2019
The Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Godwin Emefiele, says he will bring inflation to single digit within the next five years.
Emefiele made the promise in Abuja on Monday during a press briefing on his policy road map in his second term.
inflation rate dropped to 11.4 per cent as at May.
He said that CBN, under his leadership, would ensure that monetary policy measures would be geared towards containing inflationary pressures.
Emefiele, also pledged to reposition Nigerian banks through recapitalization during in his second term.
He said that recapitalisation of Nigerian banks was long overdue because it was done last in 2004 by Charles Soludo, a former governor of the apex bank.
Emefiele also said in the next five years, the CBN under his leadership would work with deposit money banks to enable Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, MSMEs have access to credit.


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Recent Attacks: KDSG Cautions Communities Against Engaging In Reprisal Killings - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (J.T)
August 23, 2021
Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, in a statement quoted the Acting Governor of the state Hadiza Balarabe as making the call sequel to the killing of three persons in Zango Kataf Local Government Area of the state.
He added that the three persons were reported to have been killed in an attack by unidentified persons who stormed Ribok, Tsoriyang and Kankada general area of Zangon Kataf.
Aruwa also noted that according to reports from security agencies, the attack was a reprisal to the earlier attack in Ungwan Dooh (Mado) area targeted the residence of one person , where three residents were killed.
Aruwan said four residents were injured while one car, three houses and eight huts, were destroyed. According to him, the military and police arrived the scene and evacuated scores of persons to safety.


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Recently-Elected Kenya President Addresses Parliament - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 30, 2022
Speaker of the National Assembly Moses Wetangula and his Senate counterpart Amason Kingi stated that the address by the head of state complies the Constitution requiring the Head of State to address the opening of each newly elected Parliament.
The Head of State outlined policies and key priorities anchored in the bottom-up economic model that he passionately campaigned for and which his administration will be seeking to realize.
The 13th Parliament was sworn in on 8th September following the aftermath of the 9th August General Election.
The sitting comes amid an intense supremacy battle between President Ruto and his rival, former prime-minister Raila Odinga, as both claim the House Majority slot in the National Assembly.

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Recenue: FG, States, Local Governments Share N696.965bn August Allocation - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (J.T)
September 23, 2021
A communiqué issued at the end of the virtual meeting of the FAAC shows that the 696.965 billion naira total distributable revenue comprised statutory revenue of 477.504 billion naira; Value Added Tax, VAT revenue of 166.228 billion naira, recovered Exchange Gain of 2.830 billion naira, recovered Excess Bank Charges of 0.403 billion naira and 50 billion naira from non-oil revenue. It also stated that the sum of 72.295 billion naira was the total deductions for cost of collection, statutory transfers and refunds.
It added that that from the total distributable revenue of 696.965 billion naira, the federal government received 289.257 billion naira; states– 217.183 billion naira and the local government councils, 161.541 billion naira.
The communiqué explained that the Federal Government received 24.934 billion naira, the state governments got 83.114 billion naira and that 58.180 billion naira was voted for the local government councils.


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Recession: NGF Tells Governors To Prepare For Tough Time - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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April 30, 2019
The Nigeria Governors Forum, NGF Has Advised Both The Returning And Newly Elected Governors To Prepare For Tough Times In Governing Their Domains, Warning That There May Be Another Cycle Of Recession From Mid-2020 To The Third Quarter Of 2021.
The Forum’s Chairman And Zamfara State Governor, Abdulaziz Yari Gave The Advice At The Induction Programme Organised For The Old And New Governors At The State House Abuja.
Nigeria Had Officially Entered A Recession, For The First Time In More Than Two Decades, In August 2016, According To Figures That Showed That The Economy Had Contracted For A Second Consecutive Quarter.
According To The Nigerian Bureau Of Statistics, The Nation’s Gross Domestic Product, GDP Contracted By Two Points Zero Six Percent In The Second Quarter. The GDP Declined By Zero Point Three Six Percent In The First Quarter, Amid Low Oil Prices And The Country Slashed Production Due To Insurgency In The Niger Delta.


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Recharging Lake Chad: OIC’s To Support Inter-Basin Water Transfer Project, Second Niger Bridge - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 2
June 1, 2019
President Muhammadu Buhari hascommended the decision of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, OIC tosupport the Inter-Basin Water Transfer project, aimed at recharging the LakeChad.
The President, who gave thecommendation at the opening of the 14 Summit of the OIC bwinghosted by Saudi Arabia, noted that the shrinking of Lake Chad to about ten percent of its original size had adversely affected over thirty millionlivelihoods in the sub-region.
He maintained that the shrinking hadcause severe economic deprivation, fuelled illegal migration to Europe, thedisplacement of communities and radicalization of youth, forcing them to jointhe Boko Haram terrorist group.
President Buhari also lauded the OICfor its engagement of the Islamic Development Bank Group in the implementationof national development projects in Africa.


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Reconciliation Retreat: Commission Supports Peace Moves In Crisis-Prone Kajuru LGA In Kaduna - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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The Kaduna State Peace Commission has organised a two day Peace Capacity Building Retreat for the forty nine members of Kajuru Truth and Reconciliation Committee, as part of efforts to deepen the search for peace in the crisis prone local government area.
The retreat was organised in partnership with Kajuru Local Government Council.
The Executive Vice Chairman of thePeace Commission Priscilla Ankut said at the opening of the retreat in Kadunathat it was focused on building the capacity of the participants on peacemediation and negotiation.
According to Ankut, the members are all respected people, carefully selected by the communities to take on the very difficult and important tasks of leading the area away from its history of violence.
She added that the committee had a mandate of completing its task at between six months to one year.
On his part, the Chairman, Kajuru Local Government Council, Cafra Caino expressed appreciation to the committee for their effort towards finding lasting reconciliation in the area.
He explained that steps have been taken to create sustainable peace in the area.


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Reconciliation Retreat: Commission Supports Peace Moves In Crisis-Prone Kajuru Lga In Kaduna - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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June 15, 2019
The Kaduna State Peace Commission has organised a two day Peace Capacity Building Retreat for the forty nine members of Kajuru Truth and Reconciliation Committee, as part of efforts to deepen the search for peace in the crisis prone local government area. The retreat was organised in partnership with Kajuru Local Government Council.
The Executive Vice Chairman of the Peace Commission Priscilla Ankut said at the opening of the retreat in Kaduna that it was focused on building the capacity of the participants on peace mediation and negotiation.
According to Ankut, the members are all respected people, carefully selected by the communities to take on the very difficult and important tasks of leading the area away from its history of violence. She added that the committee had a mandate of completing its task at between six months to one year.
On his part, the Chairman, Kajuru Local Government Council, Cafra Caino expressed appreciation to the committee for their effort towards finding lasting reconciliation in the area. He explained that steps have been taken to create sustainable peace in the area.


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Reconciliation: UN Welcomes Release Of Detainees By Libya’s Eastern-Based Army, 58 People Shot In Chicago - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 7, 2021
It also welcomes the release of another eight detainees by the Libyan Arab Armed Forces, in the context of the Ceasefire Agreement reached on Oct. 23, 2020.
The Mission also added that the release of these detainees took place today at Gate 50 on the Coastal Road, Sirte, under the supervision of the Joint Military Commission, JMC.
It however, called for the release of all detainees to support national reconciliation, peace and stability in Libya.
In another development,  the summer of 2021 ended on a violent note in Chicago, with close to 60 people having been shot between Friday afternoon and Monday.
The 58 shooting victims was the most since 2016, and seven more than Labor Day weekend 2020, suggesting the troubling double-digit spikes in violence Chicago experienced last year have continued to be a formidable challenge for the city.

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Recovered Loot: State Governors Ask FG To Account N2.28tr - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 18, 2021
The forum is asking the Court to, among others, compel the Federal Government to account for both in cash and assets so far recovered from looters and suspects since 2015.
The Governors also demanded that between 2015 and now, the Federal Government had recovered about 1.8 trillion naira in cash and about 450 billion naira worth of non-cash assets, alleging that it diverted same into the Consolidated Revenue Accounts and other accounts not recognised by the constitution, as against the Federation Account, as required.
The plaintiffs, in the suit filed by a legal team, which include Femi Falana, SAN, want the Apex Court to force the Government to give detailed account of the recovered assets and remit same into the Federation Account.


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Recruit 100,000 Soldiers To Tackle Insurgency - REPS - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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June 3, 2020
The House of Representatives has called on the authorities to recruit additional 100,000 soldiers as part of on-going effort to tackle insecurity in the country.
The decision followed the adoption of the report of the Abdulrazak Namdas led committee on Army which probed into the recent attack by Boko Haram Insurgents at Auno Village in Borno State.
Namdas while presenting the report, noted that the Federal Government should, as a matter of national emergency, empower the Nigerian Army to recruit additional one hundred thousand 100,000 soldiers to make up for the shortfall in manpower, the same way it did during the civil war.
Among other recommendations adopted by the House at the plenary presided by Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila, were that the Nigerian Army should recall retired officers and men and keep them on reserve for use as and when needed, in line with the Armed Forces Act, provided they are physically fit and not above 50 years of age.
This is because the Army does not have enough personnel to hold ground for a long time after defeating Boko Haram in some villages, hence it resorts to collapsing the thinly held and sparsely resourced troops’ locations to form Super Camps. With the massive recruitment of new soldiers, there would be no need for Super Camps.


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Customs Advises Applicants Against Bribe - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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July 3, 2019
The Nigeria Customs Service has advised job seekers againstoffering bribe to anybody for recruitment into the service.
The Public Relation Officer of the service, Joseph Attah, gavethe advice in an interview in Abuja.
Attah dismissed claims that some officers are collecting moneyas bribe from job applicants in the ongoing recruitment by the service.
He described rumours that some officials of Customs arecollecting 300,000 naira to give offer of employment as false and baseless.
The services opened its portal on April 17, for therecruitment of 3,200 officers and men of the service, but 524,315 applicantshave so far successfully completed their application process.
Reacting to the development, Attah said that those peddling therumour must have fell into the hands of fraudsters because no officer in theservice would collect money from job applicants.
He therefore urged the general public, especially job seekers,to be wary of fraudsters and not to fall into the hands of such unscrupulouselements.


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Recruitment: Navy Begins Enlistment For Direct Service - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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October 2, 2019
TheNigerian Navy has commenced the enlistment of graduates and Higher NationalDiploma, HND holders into the Direct Short Service Commission.
NavyDirector of Information, Commodore Suleman Dahun who announced this in astatement in Abuja said interested applicants, who must be Nigerians by birth,should possess a minimum of Second Class Upper Division for first degreeholders and Upper Credit for HND holders.
Headded that guidelines for the enlistment could be accessed on the Nigerian NavyEnlistment Portal. The portal he said will remain open till November 14for interested candidates to apply online.
TheDirector of Information advised candidates to be wary of scammers and refrainfrom giving money to any individual under any guise.

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Recruitment: Police Begin Screening Of 12,297 Candidates In Kaduna - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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July 3, 2019
The Kaduna State Police Command, says it started the screeningof no fewer than 12,297 candidates from the state seeking to join the NigerianPolice Force.
The Command Public Relations Officer, Yakuba Sabo said this in astatement in Kaduna.
Sabo said that the ongoing screening of shortlisted candidatescommenced on July 1 at the IGP Hall, Police College Kaduna.
He said that the flag off activities witnessed the presence ofthe Permanent Commissioner, Police Service Commission AIG Lawal Mohammed Bawawho came on monitoring visit.
He advised candidates to check their names at Police TrainingSchool/Workshop on Independence Way, opposite Police College Kaduna.
He said that they could also check their names at each of theLocal Government Secretariats in the State to enable those who didn’t getnotifications to know their dates for the screening.


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Recruitment: Police Padded List With Unqualified Persons – PSC Commissioner - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 22, 2019
The Police Service Commission has said that it willremove the names of candidates who did not participate in the recruitmentprocess for 10,000 constables, but whose names were added to the final list bythe police high command.
The board explained that a genuine list would bereleased after the strange names on the list had been weeded out.
A service Commissioner, Austin Braimoh, confirmedthat the candidates’ list that was released by the force was “polluted.”
It was gathered that the names of genuine candidateswere replaced with those who did not participate in the exercise.
A former workers’ union chairman at the policeservice commission, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said he knew somecandidates who performed very well in the examinations but whose names wereallegedly removed during the medical screening by the police over theirinability to pay huge bribes.

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Redeployment: Kaduna New Police Commissioner Resumes Duty - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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January 7, 2020
Anew Commissioner of Police, Umar Muri has resumed duty in Kaduna State PoliceCommand.
TheState’s Police Spokesman, Yakubu Sabo, who made this known in a statement inKaduna, said Muri is the 38th Commissioner of Police in the State and hailsfrom Muri, in Karim Lamido Local Government area of Taraba State.
Muritook over from Ali Janga, who is scheduled to attend the National Institute ofPolicy and Strategic Studies, NIPSS, Kuru, near Jos, Plateau State.
Murihad served in various capacities in the Force, amongst which were Police PublicRelations Officer, Anambra State Command and Personal Assistant to the thensole Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Bukar Ali.
Hewas also with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, while heserved as Assistant Commissioner of Police in-charge of Criminal InvestigationsDepartment, CID in the FCT Command.
Untilhis deployment as Commissioner of Police in Kaduna, Muri was the CP in charge ofProcurement, Force Headquarters, Abuja.

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Refined Diesel: NSCDC Apprehends 2 Trucks With 66, 000 Litres In Edo State - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 25, 2019
TheEdo Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps,NSCDC said itapprehended two trucks loaded with 66,000 0f litres suspected to be illegalrefined petroleum products from January till date.
StateCommander of the Corps, Makinde Ayinla, disclosed this in an interview in Beninon Monday.
Ayinlasaid the trucks laden with 33,000 litres each of the illegal products dieselwere intercepted by men of the Anti-Vandal Unit of the command.
Healso disclosed that the Crisis Management Department of the command, within theperiod under review, monitored the movement and usage of explosives,indiscriminate waste disposal as well as dilapidated structures.
Ayinlasaid the department also assisted in the fire-fighting operations and rescuedlives and property, during fire outbreaks within the state and preventedhoodlums from taking advantage of the situation.


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Reforms: KDSG Proposes 10 Bills - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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October 16, 2019
The Acting Governor of Kaduna State, Hadiza Balarabehas said that the government would present ten bills to the State Assemblyexpected to aid the ongoing reforms in the State.
She made this known while presenting the state’s 2020budget to the Assembly, adding that some of the bills, the finance bill, willspecify amendments to the state tax code, and educational bill that will grantfree and compulsory education up to senior secondary level for all students inthe State among others.
She also said the bill will empower the state roadmarshals and vigilante service to jointly ensure that no child roams thestreets during school hours without a solid reason, as parents and guardians ofsuch children will be prosecuted.
The Acting Governor said the technical and vocationaleducation bill will enable the conversion of business apprenticeship centersinto technical vocational education and training colleges with boardingfacilities and community base governance framework.
She explained that the State primary health caredevelopment agency amendment or re-enactment bill is meant to update theprimary health care development Agency under one roof law enacted in 2015.

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Refugee Day: UNCHR Holds Solidarity Walk To Create Awareness - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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June 19, 2019
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees,UNCHR on Wednesday, in Abuja, organised a solidarity walk to create awarenesson refugees’ plight; and called for support refugees and displaced persons.
Deputy Representative (Protection) UNHCR, Nigeria,Roger Hollo, in an interview said that the solidarity walk was part ofactivities to commemorate the 2019 World Refugee Day.
Hollo said that the world refugee day was anadvocacy opportunity for UNCHR, as partners, to call the attention of Nigeriansto the plight of refugees in the country.
He said that another significance of the event wasthat the African Union has declared this year as a year for refugees, asylumseekers, and IDPs.
He said it was also a year for durable solution forpeople who have been forcefully displaced in Africa.
The theme for the 2019 World Refugee Day is “Take astep with Refugees’’.
World Refugee Day is celebrated every 20th of June.


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Refugees At 'Increased Risk' From Extreme Weather Due To Climate Change - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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December 10, 2019
Humanitarianagencies at the United Nations, UN climate summit in Madrid say refugee campsin Africa and Asia are increasingly being damaged by extreme weather.
Theysay this has meaningfully added to the challenges they face in operationsaround the world, as already displaced people have in some cases been forced tomove again.
Scientistswarn that flooding and violent storms will become the new normal if the planetcontinues to warm at the current rate, adding to the hardship of those alreadydisplaced by conflict.
Accordingto UNHCR officials, when tropical cyclone Idai hit South East Africa, killingmore than 1,000 people in March this year, a refugee camp in Zimbabwe wasaffected too. They said many were injured in the Tongogara refugee camp thathosts some 13 thousand refugees in Chipinge district.
Itadded that around two thousand refugee houses, mainly built using mud bricks, werecompletely or partially damaged.

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Refugees: Cameroun GOVT Ejects Nigerians – Commissioner - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 1, 2019
The National Commission for Refugees, Migrants andInternally Displaced Persons has expressed concern over the ejection ofNigerian refugees by Cameroun Government in spite of passionate appeal.
The Commission’s Boss, Sadiya Umar, said this in astatement in Abuja.
She said the United Nations Convention on Refugeesand its 167 Protocol states that no contracting state shall expel or return arefugee in any manner whatsoever to the frontiers of territories where his orher life or freedom will be threatened.
This should be on account of his or her race,religion or nationality membership of a particular social group or politicalopinion.
On Jan.14, persistent attacks in Rann compelled residents of the area to run into Cameroun territories for their safety.


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Refugees: Zambia Appeals For Increased Funding For Operations - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 26, 2019
TheZambian government has appealed for increased funding from humanitarian anddevelopment donor countries to support the refugee operations across thecountry in 2019.
Whilerevealing that there has been no major influx of refugees coming into thecountry, Commissioner for Refugees in the Ministry of Home Affairs, AbdonMwere, said the numbers had gone up between 2017 till date, with the number ofnew arrivals averaging 700 asylum seekers per month.
Hesaid more funding was required to provide critical humanitarian assistance to therefugees as well as the host communities, adding that critical needs range fromfood, shelter, infrastructure as well social services in various refugee campsdotted across the southern African nation.
InJanuary alone, a total of 1, 162 refugees and asylum seekers have been receivedin Zambia with 1, 056 from the Democratic Republic of Congo , he said in arelease.
Headded that the country received a total of 9,371 refugees in 2018, with themajority from the DRC

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Regional Economy: Nigeria, ECOWAS Countries Adopt Eco Single Currency - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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June 30, 2019
The Authority ofECOWAS Heads of State and Government have adopted ECO as the name of the singlecurrency to be issued in January 2020.
The leaders at their55th Ordinary Session in Abuja endorsed the name while congratulating theMinisterial Committee on the Single Currency for the considerable progressrecorded in the implementation of the revised roadmap.
In the communiqué readby Mustapha Suleiman, Nigeria’s Permanent Secretary Ministry of ForeignAffairs, the Authority instructed the ECOWAS Commission to work incollaboration with West African Monetary Agency.
The leaders alsoinstructed the commission to work with West African Monetary Institute and thecentral banks to accelerate the implementation of the revised roadmap withregard to the symbol of the single currency.


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Regional Security: Nigeria, Other ECOWAS Members Agree To Create Force To Tackle Threats - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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December 5, 2022
Omar Alieu Touray, president of the ECOWAS Commission, said the regional leaders’ decision is hinged on the need for intervention in the area of security, terrorism and restoring constitutional order in member
countries.
Mali, Guinea and Burkina Faso have all been hit by military coups in the last two years.
Several countries in the region are also suffering from the spread of terrorism, including Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger, and southwards to the Gulf of Guinea.
National armies, largely powerless against terrorists’ forces operating across borders have been cooperating with external actors such as the UN, France and Russia.
But Touray said this decision would restructure the region’s security architecture.

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Regional Security: President Buhari Hosts Niger Republic’s Leader, Mohammed Bazoum - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 31, 2022
The two leaders discusstd joining hands in tackling challenges of
security and strategic stability affecting the sub-region and the globe.
The relationship between Nigeria and Niger is considered a true model
of interstate friendship.
Niger Republic which is regarded as the world’s poorest country has a
long running battle with Jihadists.
The nation had witnessed invasions of terrorists through the forests in
Zamfara, Yobe into Niger and Kaduna states in Nigeria.


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Region’s Security: Nigeria Urges Gulf Of Guinea Member States To Collaborate And Combat Challenges - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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November 21, 2019
Nigeriahas urged member states of the Gulf of Guinea Commission to work closely andcome up with measures to combat the insecurity in the region.
TheFederal Government also urged the Member States to show commitment to theirfinancial obligation toward the commission.
Ministerof State for Foreign Affairs, Zubairu Dada made the call in Abuja at the 11thOrdinary Session of the Council of Ministers of the Gulf of Guinea Commission,GGC.
Hesaid that the collective quest to address the security challenges in the regionrequired member countries to put in place measures to check the violation ofdomestic and international treaties in the region.
TheMinister recalled that in November 2017, while taking the mantle of leadershipof the organisation, Nigeria called for renewed commitments on the part ofmember states to make the Gulf of Guinea Region a zone of peace and security.
Alsospeaking, Executive Secretary, Gulf of Guinea Commission, Florentina Ukongasaid that the experts had worked very hard to come up with recommendations toencourage participation of member states in the Commission’s activities.

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Registration: FG Begins Inspection Of Grant, Expatriate Quota Facilities, Others - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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January 28, 2022
Permanent Secretary in the ministry of Interior and Principal Registrar of Marriage in Nigeria Shuaib Belgore made this known in a notice titled: ”Public Notice for organisations and Public Places of Worship”.
According to the notice, the Federal Government will also inspect places of worship for the issuance of Licences to conduct Statutory Marriages and renewal of existing ones.
It added that this is pursuant to the Second Schedule of the Marriage Act, Cap 6, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004 and the approved Legal Notices vide Federal Government Official Gazette of 2021.
The notice also states that these inspection exercises and services attract payment of fees that are mandatory for organisations and public places of worship who do apply for such services.

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Registration: NCC Verifying 95.7m Invalid SIM Subscribers’ Data - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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April 25, 2019
The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC says the 95.7 million subscribers’ SIM registration that was declared invalid are undergoing scrubbing and verification.
While giving clarification on a media report from the Sensitisation Workshop in Port Harcourt, the affected subscribers’ records were being screened to verify biometric and personal information submitted by all operators in respect of each of their subscribers.
The Commission explained in a statement, that so far, sixty million SIM card registrations had been verified successfully.
The NCC said there is needs further clarification for the benefit of subscribers and other critical stakeholders who rely on subscriber registration data.
According to the telecom regulator, the ninety five point seven million illustrates the quality of initial data submissions, saying subsequent process enhancements by the NCC and operators had led to better quality submissions.


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Regulatory Levy: NCC Sets Fresh Operational Fees, Spectrum Prices For Telecom Operators - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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July 30, 2021
The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, has set up an annual
operating regulatory levy to ensure that all licences are properly and
equitably assessed to meet statutory and regulatory expectations.
This was disclosed by Prof. Umar Danbatta, Executive Vice-Chairman
of the Nigerian Communications Commission, during the Public Inquiry
on two regulatory instruments draft held on Thursday in Abuja.
Danbatta explained that the two key regulatory instruments were tailored
to meet the challenges and to further strengthen the market structure of
the industry.
The instruments are, Annual Operating Regulations and the Frequency
Spectrum Regulations, which fees and pricing fall under.


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Rehabilitation: Nigeria Partners Niger, Chad On Lake Chad Basin - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 16, 2019
Nigeria,Niger and Chad are working on a joint trans-border agro ecosystem project aimedat the restoration of livelihoods and rehabilitation of the Lake Chad Basin.
DirectorGeneral, National Agency for the Great Green Wall, Dr Bukar Hassan, disclosedthis after an international conference on desertification in New Delhi, India.
The14th Conference of Parties, CoP 14 to UN Convention to Combat Desertification,UNCCD was held at India Expo Centre and Mart from Sept. 2 to Sept. 13.
Hesaid that since environmental issues did not recognize national boundaries, thepartnership would help to rehabilitate agricultural system, restore degradedland and livelihoods of people in Lake Chad basin.
Accordingto him, the project includes promotion of agroforestry and livestockdevelopment in the three participating countries bordering the Lake Chad Basin.
TheDirector General said that Lake Chad, which was located in a very dry area, hadlost about 90 per cent of its water over the years, thus making farmingunattractive in the basin.

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Rehabilitation: Northern Governors’ Wives Renovate Centre In Niger - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 18, 2019
Wives of NorthernGovernors have renovated a Social Rehabilitation Centre in Minna as part ofefforts to provide conducive environment for children undergoingrehabilitation.
Chairperson of theNorthern Governors Wives Forum, Amina Bello, said this during a courtesy visitto Governor Abubakar Bello of Niger in Minna.
She explained that thewives would ensure that every state in northern Nigeria renovate its drugrehabilitation centre to address the menance.
Bello noted that therehabilitation intervention programmes would support states to achieve theirgoals of economic empowerment and development.
Responding, Bellodescribed social vices as a major challenge facing women and youths in thenorthern states.
He noted that drugabuse was linked to criminal activities in the state, adding that drugscontrol, empowerment and social rehabilitation was key in addressing socialvices.

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Religious Crises: Politicians Fuel Unrest In Nigeria — Sultan - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 9, 2019
TheSultan of Sokoto Abubakar Sa’ad the third has condemned religious leaders whothat incite violence and politicise religions in Nigeria.
Accordingto him, the political class are to be blamed for using their selfish ambitionto fuel religious suspicious and create religious unrest in the country.
Hesaid this at Saint David’s Cathedral in Akure the Ondo state capital during ameeting with religious leaders under Nigerian Inter-Religious Counci, NIREC.
TheSultan is in the state on a two-day official visit and being hosted by the Dejiof Akure land, Oba Aladetoyinbo Aladelusi.
Abubakar,therefore, advised Nigerians to shun politicians and important personalitieswho are politicising religions and creating tension across the country.
Accordingto him, the Quran and Bible do not belong to any political party.
Speakingon the controversy trailing the alleged demolition of a mosque in Port-Harcourtby the Rivers state government, Abubakar said that the “Nigerian Inter-ReligiousCouncil at the national level is already handling the issue for an amicableresolution.i

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Religious Freedom: Lai Mohammed Hails U.S. For Removing Nigeria From Blacklist - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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November 18, 2021
In a statement issued in Paris, France, on Thursday, Minister of
Information, Lai Mohammed reiterated Nigeria’s earlier stand when it
was put on the list in December 2020, that it does not engage in religious
freedom violation or have a policy of religious persecution.
He said Nigeria jealously protects religious freedom as enshrined in the
country’s constitution and takes seriously any infringements in that
regard.
He commended religious leaders in the country who have been working
to ensure religious harmony.
A statement issued by Anthony Blinken, United States Secretary of State
on Wednesday, announced the removal of Nigeria from  the list
of countries that limit religious freedoms around the world.

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Religious Regulatory Bill: Court Rules Against El-Rufai,Says You Cannot License PFN Pastors In Kaduna - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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June 19, 2019
A Kaduna State High Court has ruled that the plan bythe Kaduna State government to issue licences to the pastors of PentecostalFellowship of Nigeria using the Religious Regulatory Bill is a gross violationof their fundamental human rights, which guarantees freedom of association andfreedom of religion.
The court says it inconsistent with the Constitutionof the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended),Therefore it is herebydeclared illegal.
The judge, Hon Justice D. Gwadah further added thatthe actions of the Kaduna State House of Assembly in proceeding to pass thebill into law despite the pending court proceedings and the subsisting courtinjunction restraining the action, “is an affront to this honourablecourt.
This was declared today, June 19, 2019 in a rulingon the case instituted by the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria Kaduna chaptersince 2016 against Kaduna State Governor, Kaduna State House of Assembly andthe Attorney General of Kaduna State over the Kaduna State Religious RegulatoryBill.
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Relocation: African Nationals In South Africa Appeal - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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October 17, 2019
Hundreds of foreign nationals demanded to berelocated from South Africa after camping at the United Nation refugee agencyoffices for a week.
They took to the streets of Cape Town after a surgein xenophobic attacks last month.
The foreigner nationals, many of whom describethemselves as asylum-seekers say they no longer feel safe.
A xenophobic attack in South Africa last month ledto the death of at least 12 people.Hundreds of foreign-owned businesses andproperties were destroyed

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Remembrance Day: Federal Government Says Armed Forces Sacrifices Will Not Be In Vain - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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January 10, 2022
He also applauded the military for their sacrifices in keeping the country
together inspite of the multitudes of security challenges the nation has
faced over the years, assuring them that their sacrifices will not be in
vain.
The Vice President, who was represented by the Secretary to the
Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, stated this Sunday at
Armed Forces Remembrance Day service held at the National Christian
Centre Abuja.
He however urged Nigerians to reciprocate the sacrifices of men of the
armed forces by supporting them and also encouraged men and women
that serve in the armed forces.
Also, Chief of Defence Staff, General Leo Irabor, while speaking with
reporters after the service, commended men of the armed forces for their
sacrifices. He noted that the welfare of troops especially those in the
frontline will continue to be given top priority.

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Remembrance Day: Federal Government Says Armed Forces Sacrifices Will Not Be In Vain - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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January 10, 2022
He also applauded the military for their sacrifices in keeping the country together inspite of the multitudes of security challenges the nation has faced over the years, assuring them that their sacrifices will not be in vain.
The Vice President, who was represented by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, stated this Sunday at Armed Forces Remembrance Day service held at the National Christian Centre Abuja.
He however urged Nigerians to reciprocate the sacrifices of men of the armed forces by supporting them and also encouraged men and women that serve in the armed forces.
Also, Chief of Defence Staff, General Leo Irabor, while speaking with reporters after the service, commended men of the armed forces for their sacrifices. He noted that the welfare of troops especially those in the frontline will continue to be given top priority.


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Remembrance Day: Osinbajo Says Nigerians Will Not Take Armed Forces For Granted - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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January 13, 2020
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo hasassured Nigerians that the Federal Government would continue to recognise thesacrifices of the men and women of the nation’s Armed Forces.
Osinbajo gave the assurance duringan inter-denominational Church service, organised by the Ministry of Defence tocommemorate the 2020 Armed Forces Remembrance Day Celebration, in Abuja.
He said that the government wouldcontinue to prioritise their welfare and the well-being of the families of thefallen heroes.
The vice-president stated that thesacrifices of the men and women of the Armed Forces, both dead and living, areresponsible for the existence of Nigeria as a nation today.
He added that the country noted thatmany veterans from the various conflicts witnessed in the country over timemade the supreme sacrifice, including their families who also paid, andcontinued to pay, a heavy price.
The National Chairman, NigerianLegion, Adakole Akpa urged the government to continue to improve the welfareand well-being of the veterans and their families.

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Removal Of FUEL Subsidy Necessary To Reset Nigeria’s Economy – Tinubu - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu made the assertion in a statement while speaking as one of the panelists at the ongoing World Economic Forum in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The World Economic Forum meeting focuses on Global Collaboration, Growth and Energy for Development.
He explained that the subsidy was removed to prevent Nigeria from going bankrupt, adding that he was convinced the decision was in the best interest of the people.
Tinubu admitted that it is going to be difficult, but the hallmark of leadership is taking difficult decision at the time it ought to be taken decisively. That was necessary for the country. According to him, the petrol subsidy removal equally engendered accountability, transparency and physical discipline for the country.


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Remunerations: Doctors Set For Fresh Strike As FG Meets ‘None’ Of Demands - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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The association had earlier given the Government a two-week strike notice over same issue.
NARD said would not guarantee industrial harmony in the sector nationwide, from May 13, if the federal government did not meet its demands within two weeks.
Some of the association’s demands include the 2023 Medical Residency Training Fund payment, alleged refusal by the government to pay the salary arrears of 2014/2015 and 2016 to its members, and the arrears of the consequential adjustment of the minimum wage.


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Remunerations: Doctors Set For Fresh Strike As FG Meets ‘None’ Of Demands. - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 12, 2023
The association had earlier given the Government a two-week strike notice over same issue.
NARD said would not guarantee industrial harmony in the sector nationwide, from May 13, if the federal government did not meet its demands within two weeks.
Some of the association’s demands include the 2023 Medical Residency Training Fund payment, alleged refusal by the government to pay the salary arrears of 2014/2015 and 2016 to its members, and the arrears of the consequential adjustment of the minimum wage.


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Remunerations: Resident Doctors Ask Federal Government To Their Salary Arrears, Training Fund - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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January 31, 2022
The Association made the call in a communiqué issued after its National Executive Council, NEC meeting in Abuja signed by its President Dare Godiya Ishaya; the Secretary General Suleiman Abiodun Isma’il and the Publicity and Social Secretary Yusuf Alfa.
It noted that while the government had paid the withheld August and September 2021 salaries to her members, and the 2021 Training Fund, some members were yet to receive payment of their omitted 2020 Training Fund.
NARD however called on the government, the Nigerian Governor Forum, BGF stakeholders and Nigerians to prevail on the Governors of Abia, Imo, Ondo and Ekiti states to pay arrears of salaries and allowances owed her members in the state tertiary health institutions, adding that it has become inhuman and humiliating.
It also decried the acute manpower shortage in most tertiary health institutions as a result of the ongoing massive medical brain drain and the attendant burnout effects on her members.

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Renewable Energy: FG Reiterates Commitment To Electrify 5M Homes - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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October 8, 2021
Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, said this while declaring open this year’s Seplat Energy Summit in Abuja.
Osinbajo who was represented by the Minister of State for Environment, Sharon Ikeazor, said the effort was part of the country’s direct energy compact.
He said the project, expected to affect 25 million people, would also create 250,000 jobs.
He noted that the Federal Government was eager to follow to a logical conclusion its national energy system and policy via renewables, to ensure a cleaner source of energy for Nigerians.
Osinbajo said these policies must ensure that industrial and other economic capabilities were aligned with the COVID-19 recovery and other environmental objectives.

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Renewal: No Need To Visit Any Drivers Licence Centre, Use Bypass Capture – FRSC - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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June 19, 2019
The Federal Road Safety Corps has urged driversseeking to renew their licences to make use of the corps’ Bypass Capturescheme.
FRSC made the call in a statement issued by theCorps Public Education Officer Bisi Kazeem.
Kazeem said FRSC introduced the Bypass Capturefunctionality on the National Drivers License portal to improve ease ofobtaining the licence and also save applicants’ time.
According to Kazeem, an applicant’s eligibility forBypass Capture would simply be required to make payment online and visit thecollection centre to pick up the permanent licence when it is ready.
He said, There is no need to visit any DriversLicense Centre to recapture his/her biometric information again. An applicantwho is either renewing or applying for a re-issue can use the Bypass Capturefeature.”
Kazeem pointed out that the Bypass Capture is onlyavailable to applicants who have existing biometric information on the NDLsystem, such an applicant must have gone through the FRSC Driver’s Licenseprocess.


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Renewed Killings: Northern Christian Elders Call For Buhari, Security Intervention - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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April 18, 2023
Chairman of the Forum, Oyinehi Ejoga Inalegwu, in an issued statement in Kaduna, decried the renewed onslaught by the terrorists and urged President Muhammadu Buhari to save the citizens from the killings and destruction of valuables in different parts of the country.
The statement expressed shock that, with the security architecture in place, wanton killings of such degree are still being perpetuated without any counter from the security forces.
It also called on the security agencies to checkmate the trend and go after those terrorising, killing, maiming people and destroying properties of citizens in different parts of the country.
The Forum appealed to all Nigerians to pray for God’s intervention in bringing to an end the new wave of killings across the States, saying that the renewed killings and destruction of properties by the gunmen was so alarming.


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Renovation Contract: Reps Grill NPA Over N5.1bn Hqtrs - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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December 20, 2019
The House of Representatives Committee on Public Accountshas questioned the management of the Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA overfive-point-one billion naira contract for the renovation of the agency’scorporate headquarters in Lagos, and the relocation of some of its offices.
The Auditor-General of the Federation had queried thecontract awarded in 2011, which has a completion period of fifteen months, forlacking valid papers and contractors.
Speaking at the interrogation of the NPA management, led byits Managing Director, Hadiza Bala Usman, the Committee chairman, Wole Oke,faulted the award of such a giant project with a legal document.
However, the NPA Boss insisted that due process wasfollowed, having been approved by the Federal Executive Council, FEC. But thepanel disputed the claim, stating that only the original copies of theagreement that could absolve the agency.

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Reopening Of Worship Centers,Only Buhari Can Decide – PTF - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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June 1, 2020
The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 on Sunday met with the President, Muhammadu Buhari to discussed on how to reopen some sectors, including religious sector in the country.
The PTF Chairman, Boss Mustapha, said one of the recommendations submitted to Buhari was that Nigeria would enter the second phase of the battle against the pandemic.
Mustapha, while briefing journalists after the meeting at the Presidential Villa, said the task force had made recommendations to the President.
According to him, states should now manage the pandemic, with coordination by the Federal Government.
Mustapha, while responding to a question on states reopening worship centres, said the issue was discussed at the meeting.
He said, “That is part of what we have considered in its totality. We await Mr President’s decision on that. Once I receive his approval, going forward, as to certain recommendations that we have put in place, we will see how that happens.
“I can assure you of one thing: the ownership of the next phase will be the responsibility of the states under national supervision and coordination, because we have gone into community transmission.


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Rep. Assures Of Improved Welfare For Military Personnel - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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November 19, 2019
Deputy Chairman, House of Representatives Committeeon Army, Tajudeen Adefisoye has assured that his committee will give priorityto the welfare of military personnel.
Adefisoye stated this when he paid a courtesy visitto the 32 Artillery Brigade of the Nigerian Army, Super Camp, in Okitipupa onMonday.
The lawmaker, said that his committee would worktirelessly to ensure that soldiers were well catered for in the discharge oftheir duties.
He also promised to foster robust relationshipbetween the military and the civilian populace in the country.
The lawmaker also thanked Abubakar for doing a greatjob to curb crime and criminality in the state.
He lauded the leadership of the Chief of Army Staff,Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai, for making funds available to run the camp,thereby ensuring peace in the southern zone of the state.
Responding, the brigade commander said that theongoing clearance activities of ‘Operation Crocodile Smile IV’ had beenyielding the desired results in the state and across the country.

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Repatriation Of 1,130 Looted Benin Bronzes From Germany On Course – FG - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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October 14, 2021
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, said this in Abuja when he received a delegation from Germany to follow up on issues of repatriation of the bronzes.
The delegation, led by the Director-General for Culture and Communication of the German Federal Foreign Office, Andreas Gorgen, was accompanied by the German Ambassador to Nigeria, Birgitt Ory.
Mohammed expressed satisfaction with the Memorandum of Understanding MoU earlier signed between the delegation and the National Commission for Museums and Monuments NCMM.
He said the MoU, which was about confidence building between the parties, had underscored the fact that no one was reneging on the agreement reached on the return of the cultural objects.

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Report On Recruitment Of 400,000 Policemen, Fake News — Minister - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 3, 2021
The Press Secretary to the Minister, Osaigbovo Ehisienmen said this in a statement, in Abuja.
Dingyadi said the report was an act of mischief, targeted at misrepresenting the 40,000 recruitment of police constables approved by the Federal Government.
He said the misleading report claimed that the Ministry of Police Affairs was working independently of the Police Service Commission and the Nigeria Police Force to carry out the recruitment exercise.
According to him, the intention was to create platforms to defraud unsuspecting job seekers.
He added that the first batch was successfully concluded in 2019, and that arrangements had reached an advance stage to conclude the second batch of the process.
Dingyadi enjoined the public to be circumspect of false recruitment information into the Nigeria Police and treat the purported recruitment of 400,000 policemen, in particular, as fake news.

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Reportage: Buratai Tasks Journalists On Patriotism - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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June 26, 2019
The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai, has appealed to journalists to put Nigeria’s interest first in their reportage.
Buratai made the appeal in Maiduguri, at a dinner for National Executive members of Nigeria Association of Women journalists NAWOJ, who were on the spot assessment of the security situation in the North East.
The Chief of Army Staff was represented at the event by Major General Enobong Udoh, Chief of Logistics, Army.
Buratai thanked the national leadership of NAWOJ for taking out time to see for itself the situation in the Northeast, where he said returning peace to the area is a job being done for Nigerian women.
He said in spite of intermittent attacks, the security situation in the zone is “acceptable’’.
Earlier, the National President of NAWOJ, Ifeyinwa Omowole told Buratai that the women journalists were in Maiduguri to see for themselves and tell the world that peace had returned to the zone.


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Reprisal Threats: Police Boss Orders Water-Tight Security In Nigeria - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 5, 2019
TheInspector General of Police Mohammed Adamu has ordered tight security aroundembassies, foreign missions, foreigners and their businesses within thecountry.
Adamuwho gave the directives in a statement by the Force Spokesman, Frank Mba inLagos, said that the order is against the backdrop of the unfortunate attack onShoprite outlets in Lekki Area of Lagos State on September 3rd.
Adamu,who condemned the violent attacks on some properties, noted that three policeofficers were seriously injured, while an operational vehicle was set ablazeduring the attacks.
Hesaid that a total of one hundred and twenty five suspects had been arrested inconnection with the incident, while a number of looted valuables had beenrecovered by the Police.
ThePolice Boss said that he recognised the rights of citizens to air their viewson salient national issues as enshrined in the constitution, but noted thatthese must be done within the confines of the law.

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Reps Accuse PPPRA Of Doctoring Revenue Documents - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 26, 2021
The Chairman of the committee, James Faleke, accused the agency at the public hearing on the 2022-2024 Medium-Term Expenditure Framework MTEF and Fiscal Strategy Paper FSP.
The committee walked out the agency for failing to give appropriate figures on its daily output of Premium Motor Spirit PMS and other petroleum products in the country.
The committee agreed that there were discrepancies in the records presented by the PPPRA, as well as the revenues due to the Federation Account.
Faleke asked the agency to reappear on August 26 to further clarify the discrepancies noticed in the agency’s documents saying that the documents submitted by the agency showed that the daily output of PMS and other products were the same for 2018 and 2019.
In his ruling, the Committee chairman directed PPPRA to produce the records of all the daily outputs of petroleum products, as well as the revenue remittances to the federal government, when it reappears on August 26.


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Reps Commend NNPC GMD, Clarifies Revenue Projection For 2022-2024 - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 26, 2021
Chairman, House Committee on Finance James Faleke, gave the commendation at an interactive session on the 2022 to 2024 Medium Term Expenditure and Revenue Framework MTERF and Fiscal Strategy Paper FSP in Abuja.
Faleke, commended the NNPC GMD for providing an in-depth explanation and insider perspective on some issues surrounding the operations of the NNPC and the Oil Industry stating:
Kyari, in his presentation, provided a base oil price scenario in the medium term as follows: 57 per dollars barrel for 2022, 61 per dollars barrel for 2023 and 62 per dollars barrel for 2023.
Kyari explained that the assumptions were arrived at after a careful appraisal of the three-year historical dated Brent Oil price average of 59.07 dollars per barrel premised on Platts Spot Prices.


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Reps Committed To Legislative Agenda That Will Promote Manufacturing – Gbajabiamila - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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October 28, 2021
Gbajabiamila made the pledge at a dinner organised by the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria MAN to mark the association’s 50th anniversary in Abuja.
Represented by Aliyu Magaji, the speaker said that a productive manufacturing sector remained the catalyst for the growth of any country’s economy.
He described the place of manufacturing in the development and economic growth of any nation as indisputable, adding that it was a building block upon which developing countries could transform into modern economies.
According to him, the association has played a crucial part in developing and keeping the Nigerian economy going despite the challenges confronting the country.
He pointed out that the agenda had crystallised into a return to the January–December budget cycle and implementation of the budget from January.

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Reps Committee Oversights NAFDAC On Budget Implementation, Performance - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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October 14, 2021
The committee was led by the Committee Chairman, Yusuf-Tanko Sununu, to the NAFDAC Headquarters in Abuja.
During the oversight exercise, Sununu expressed dissatisfaction over the slow pace of execution of contracts by the agency.
He said the committee would interface with all the procurement agencies and other relevant committees to look into bureaucratic bottlenecks involved in procurement processes as related to NAFDAC.
Earlier, the NAFDAC Director-General, Moji Adeyeye, while analysing the agency’s budget performance between 2020 and June 2021, noted that the future of the agency was somehow blink before she came in in 2017.


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Reps Committee Queries Akwa Ibom Contractors. - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 23, 2024
The Chairman of the Committee, Dibiagwu, issued the query on Wednesday in Abuja at the investigative hearing on the abandoned project.
According to him, the lack of seriousness on the part of the contractors
Is one of the reasons the project is yet to be completed.
He lamented that a part of the fence built by the contractors had collapsed.
Stressing that the committee would investigate if the fence was substandard or not.
Eugene, however, charged the contractor to do everything possible to complete the project.
Adding that the committee would not join issues with the contractor until the project was completed.


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Reps Committee Resumes Probe Of Alleged Unremitted N10.6bn Customs Duty By Banks - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 2, 2021
The Chairman of the committee, Leke Abejide said at the hearing that the committee was determined to recover all unremitted funds and block all leakages before the end of 2021.
He said that the committee was working with the Federal Ministry of Finance, the Central Bank of Nigeria CBN and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC on the recovery mission.
Abejide said that for the amount being disputed all the banks involved should provide all necessary documents to the auditors for reconciliation and onward payment.

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REPS C’TTEE Queries $10.7bn Gas-To-Liquids Project - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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October 5, 2022
The committee said the project which should cost 2.9 billion dollars was quoted as 10.7 billion dollars.
The committee on the Joint Venture of the NNPC limited raised concerns when the management of Chevron Nigeria Limited appeared before the lawmakers in Abuja.
Chairman of the committee, Hassan Fulata demanded for explanation and the reasons behind the review of the cost of the project from 2.9 billion dollars to 10.7 billion dollars, noting that a similar project was executed in Qatar for less than 2.5 billion dollars within a very short period.
Responding, Chevron’s Director of Joint Venture, Monday Ovuede told the committee that several factors caused the upward review of the cost of the project from the initial 2.9 billion dollars to 10.7 billion dollars.

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Reps C’ttee To Investigate Unclaimed Dividends Worth N126bn - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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November 7, 2019
TheHouse of Representatives has directed its Committee on Capital Market andInstitutions to investigate unclaimed share dividends in the capital market,valued at over 126.03 billion naira.
Thisfollowed the unanimous adoption of a motion moved by Babangida Ibrahim at theplenary.
Themotion was tagged “Need to Investigate the Rising Value of Unclaimed Dividends,Unremitted Withholding Tax on Dividends and their Attendant Effects on theNation’s Economy.”
Ibrahimsaid unclaimed dividends had continued to increase over the years, thusincreasing the unremitted withholding tax on dividends in the country.
Thelawmaker said that the value of unclaimed dividends rose from 5.1 billion nairato 103.1 billion naira between 2002 and November 2016, compared with the valueof 2.09 billion naira in 1999.
TheHouse, therefore, mandated the committee to investigate the rising value ofunclaimed dividends and unremitted withholding tax on dividend and theirattendant effects on the nation’s economy.

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REPS Make Case For Alternative Medicare In Nigeria - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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November 26, 2021
This followed a unanimous adoption of a motion by Balarabe Kakale at plenary.
Moving the motion, Kakale said that the outbreak of COVID–19 has exposed Nigeria’s over reliance on imported medicines and other related health services.
He said that the shortage of these had led to an increase in awareness for locally sourced health solutions with more Nigerians demanding health care services that were homegrown, accessible and affordable.
In his ruling, the Deputy Speaker, Ahmed Wase mandated eight committees of the house to ensure compliance and report back within four weeks for further legislative actions.

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Reps Move To Curb Illegal Mining In Osun - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 30, 2021
This followed the adoption of a motion by Lawrence Ayeni on the floor of the House, in Abuja.
In his motion, he noted that the Nigerian minerals and mining Act was passed into law on March 16, 2007 to regulate the exploration and exploitation of solid minerals in Nigeria.
He said that the Act vested the control of all properties and minerals in Nigeria in the State and prohibited unauthorised exploration or exploitation of minerals.
He observed that under the Land Use Act; all lands in which minerals had been found in commercial quantities were acquired by the Federal Government
He added that any property with mineral resources shall pass from the Government to the person by whom the mineral resources were lawfully won, upon their recovery.

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Reps Move To Recover Outstanding Debts Owed FG By Oil And Gas Companies - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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December 2, 2021
The call was sequel to a unanimous adoption of a motion by Ahmed Munir at plenary.
The agencies included the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative NEITI, the National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency NOSDRA, and the Federal Inland Revenue Service FIRS.
Moving the motion, Munir said that report by NEITI had indicated that 77 Oil and Gas Companies operating in Nigeria were owing the Federal Government over 2.6 trillion naira.
He said that the debts accrued from failure of the firms to remit Petroleum Profit Tax, Company Income Tax, Education Tax, Value Added Tax, Withholding Tax, Royalties, Penalties and Concession on rentals to the government.

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Reps Mull Suspension Of Ecobank From Further Collection Of Custom Duties’ Over Infractions - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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November 11, 2021
Leke Abejide, said this at the resumed investigative hearing of the committee on some banks’ refusal to remit customs duties to the Federal Government’s coffers.
He said that the bank would be suspended until it was able to pay the outstanding of 4.3 billion naira customs’ duties the bank refused to pay to the Federal Government.
Abejide said that the committee had been on the assignment for over a year, stressing that any banks that failed to show the amount collected for customs duties would also be suspended.
The lawmaker said that at the end of the investigation, all banks that refused to remit their collection of customs duties would be suspended from further collection, until all their outstanding amounts were cleared.

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Reps, NCAA Meet Over New Ground Handling Rate - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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October 7, 2021
The Chairman, House Committee on Aviation, Nnolim Nnaji, made this known in a statement issued in Lagos.
The Airline Operators of Nigeria AON, Airline Operators Committee AOC had earlier petitioned the committee for its intervention over the new rate. However, Nuhu was said to be out of the country to attend in person.
The committee had last week Wednesday, adjourned meeting for this week on the new safety threshold handling rates for ground handling companies in the country.
Nnaji said that the meeting was held in Abuja with the representatives of the Aviation Ground Handling Association of Nigeria AGHAN, Airline Operators of Nigeria AON, Airline Operators Committee AOC.
According to him, others are the International Air Transport Association, Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria FAAN and NCAA.

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Reps Order Probe Of FG’S Abandoned N97bn Cancer Centre - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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November 25, 2021
The House particularly mandated its committees on Health Institutions and Health Care Services to “investigate the Federal Government’s implementation of the National Cancer Control Plan 2018-2022 to ensure its implementation.”
The committees are also to “ascertain the status of all radiotherapy cancer treatment centres in the country to come up with a workable plan to subsidise treatment for cancer patients.”
These resolutions were sequel to the unanimous adoption of a motion moved at the plenary, which was titled, ‘Call for Federal Government’s Intervention in Cancer Treatment in Nigeria’.
A member of the House, Olusegun Odebunmi, while moving the motion, recalled that the President had on December 29, 2017, signed the bill for the establishment of the National Institute for Cancer Research and Treatment of Cancer Patients in Nigeria.

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Reps Panel Summons FIRS Chairman Over Alleged Tax Evasion By Oil Companies - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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November 17, 2022
The Chairman of the service, Muhammad Nami, was summoned over alleged tax evasion by oil companies.
Abubakar Fulata made this known during the committee’s hearing in Abuja.
He said the non-remittance of appropriate taxes by the oil companies in Nigeria had serious adverse effects on the economy.
Nami is expected to appear before panel on November 21.
The committee also expressed worry over the inability of FIRS to have  access to the Stock Certificate of Crude Oil.
The representatives of FIRS, a Director and Special Assistant were not permitted by members of the committee to make presentation as they insisted that only the chairman is expected to speak on behalf of FIRS.

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Reps Pass Bill Abolishing BSC, HND Dichotomy - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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November 23, 2021
It was gathered that the bill passed its final stage at green chambers on
Tuesday in Abuja, when members voted at the Committee of the Whole
presided over by the Deputy Speaker, Ahmed Wase.
The passage was sequel to a unanimous adoption of a report of the
House Committee on Tertiary Education and TETFund after conducting
hearing on the bill. The bill which was sponsored by a lawmaker at the
8th Assembly, Edward Pwajok passed second reading in 2017.
Pwajok, while presenting the bill for second reading, said a research
conducted on both certificates, showed that the discrimination had no
moral justification. He also added that those with first degree were
placed on Grade Level 8, while those with HND in the same field were
placed on Grade Level 6 or 7.
The lawmaker noted that in some organisations, degree holders were
paid 100,000 naira at entry level, while their counterparts with HND
were paid 70,000 naira monthly salary.
He stressed that in other countries, technical experts were paid higher
than administrators, saying that the reverse was the case Nigeria. The bill
will now be sent to the Senate for concurrence and then to the President
for assent.

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Reps Pass Bill To Make Free Healthcare For Children Compulsory - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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November 18, 2021
The legislation, which was sponsored by a member, Bello Kaoje, is titled, ‘A Bill for an Act to Make Health Care Service Delivery Free for All Children in Nigeria; and for Related Matters.’
Leading the debate on the bill at the plenary, Kaoje stated that children’s health needs were significantly different from those of adults.
Kaoje noted that when the Free Health Care Services Delivery to Children in Nigeria Bill was passed into law, it would ensure that all health care services delivered to children were for free.

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Reps Probe NIMASA, NDIC Over Unaudited Accounts - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 26, 2020
The House of Representatives has placed the NigerianMaritime Administration and Safety Agency NIMASA on full status enquiry.
This followed the non-submission of its auditedaccounts for years 2015 to 2018 to the Auditor General of the Federation AGF.
The House Committee on Public Account took theaction.
Also, the committee did not only place the NigerianDeposit Insurance Corporation NDIC on full status enquiry, but also summonedthe Minister of Finance and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, over the unauditedaccounts of the corporation.
This was part of the resolution of the HouseCommittee headed by Oluwole Oke at the continued hearing of the Deliberate andReckless Refusal By Non-Treasury and Partially-Funded Agencies to render theiraudited accounts from 2014 to 2018.
Julius Dung, who represented the Auditor General ofthe Federation at the session, confirmed the non-receipt of the accounts fromboth organisations.
Last week, the committee summoned the Minister ofState for Transportation, Gbemi Saraki, with the permanent secretary in theministry, over continued shunning of the invitation of NIMASA Director-GeneralDakuku Peterside.

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